Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — Patrick Gass: April 9, 1806

fore loaded our canoes and proceeded on till u o’clock
when we stopped at a large Indian village on the north side;
but a number of the huts were unoccupied. They are of the
Al-e-is nation. At the time we halted 3 canoe loads of them
were setting out for the falls to fish. We took breakfast here
and bought 5 dogs from them. The women all wear the small
leather bandage, but are quite naked otherwise, except what
is covered by the small robe they wear round their shoulders.
In the afternoon the weather became cloudy and some rain
fell. In the evening we came to a large rapid at the lower end
of Strawberry island ; where there are a number of the natives
about settling on the north side. Here we crossed over, after
buying two dogs from them, and encamped behind the island.
Some rain continued falling.